The Rock has laid out exactly who the character of “The Final Boss” is.
The character has given mixed messages in recent months. He turned up and sang with the crowd when announcing the host of WrestleMania. He also joked around on NXT and slapped Ethan Page’s ass in the process.
However, he also has a dark side. The Rock tried to get Cody Rhodes to sell his soul to him before turning John Cena heel in one of the most shocking moments in WWE history.
Speaking at the Elimination Chamber post-show press conference, The Rock was asked if The Final Boss was a babyface or a heel. He explained that the character doesn’t adhere to typical tropes of professional wrestling and does what The Rock needs to in that moment in time.
That includes making announcements, singing with the crowd and telling them to shut up when they join in.
“I feel that might be a little limiting. Because the Final Boss is a lot of things. A heel, a babyface, but also one who does not adhere to the typical professional wrestling tropes that we find.” The Rock said.
“A heel talks like this, or a babyface talks like that. I’ve reached this point in my career where I’m able to go out as the Final Boss and address the crowd. ‘Hey, New Orleans, 2026, you have WrestleMania 42 coming to the Superdome.’ Final Boss starts singing—Oh, when the saints come marching in… —they start singing with me. I tell them, ‘Shut your mouth! I’m going to sing by myself.’“
“I like vacillating between the heel and the babyface. Also, I’ve reached this point in my career where I feel really comfortable in my own skin when I go out there. I say what I want to say. But more importantly than that—and I don’t mean to be defiant—I say what I feel in that moment. That is the luxury and the blessing of being in pro wrestling.” added The Rock.
The Rock: I’m Comfortable Being In My Own Skin
The Rock continued, revealing that he’s comfortable being himself and not being constrained by being a heel or babyface while on the microphone.
“We have a live microphone, and you can say what you feel. If I feel like having fun with the crowd, I do. If I tell them to shut up because the Final Boss is going to sing, or I’m asking their champion, ‘You’re going to give me your soul,’ I like that. And I’m comfortable being in my own skin. With the Final Boss, there are no constraints or handcuffs.” The Rock said.
We can have the reaction we had tonight as the Final Boss because people were waiting—to create an experience with Travis Scott, to go out there and embrace me, Cody Rhodes, putting the blood on his belt and beating him with it. Yeah, I would say that, regarding being a heel or a babyface.
I encourage that where we can, and that goes for all the other talent in the locker room, women and men. That is a special place—rare air. Don’t think about, ‘A heel should say this’ or ‘A babyface should say that.’ That’s old school. Stretch the aperture. Say what you feel. Bring it from here,” added The Rock.
Catch up on everything that went down at Elimination Chamber here.
